Management Monday – Focus on Seven Edition

I am excited about it being New Year‘s Eve tomorrow. We aren’t doing anything special at all. My hubby is leaving for nine or ten days early on the first, so we can’t really be out late and I don’t have a sitter, so we will be at home with the four year old. I’m not really big on going out for New Year’s anyways, although I always love all the cute ideas on Pinterest for parties. When I was younger I always got to invite a couple of friends for a sleep over and we would watch the TV countdowns and go outside and beat pans and make noise at Midnight. It will be a few years before my daughter is ready for that, but I have fond memories of those times. I think my friends’ parents were always excited to have their kids go somewhere else so they could go to parties, but my parents just liked staying at home and didn’t mind three screaming, laughing little girls around. I guess maybe we’ll be those parents. Anyways, I’m excited because the next day will be 2014 – a fresh start with my Focus on Seven campaign.

I have already started working on my Focus on Seven. I found this post about using Google Calendar to make sure you are prioritizing your days and weeks accordingly and I’ve color coded all my Focus on Seven items in my Google Calendar. I figure I will be able to look at the colors on my calendar and see whether I’m hitting on all Seven in a week or not. I think it will be really helpful. I have also gone through my Excel spreadsheet of income and expenses – it isn’t pretty. We are not even close to breaking even right now. That is temporary as one of the bills I’m paying off will be done after February and once that is done, we’ll be a bit ahead, but I do need to make the next two months work. I also have a few other things I need to catch up on in the coming months. So, I’m trying to find ways of saving and ways of making money. I have decided to go back to couponing. I was once doing well with it but fell off the cart and I think it is time I get back on it. I have also decided to do a little more work on Swagbucks and MyPoints to try to get those gift cards coming. Every little bit helps. So, I am already making progress on the project despite it not yet being 2014!

I am also going to do a Pantry Challenge with Good Cheap Eats (she starts one on January 1) to try to really save money on groceries this month. With my hubby being gone the first ten days of the month, it should be easier (he doesn’t so much like the leftovers or the creative use of pantry items), but it will be tough towards the end with him home, me back teaching, etc. But, we’ll give it a shot.

So, that is where I am this eve of New Year’s Eve 2013. How about you?

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Idea gardener. Public speaking and argument instructor. Dir. of Intercollegiate Speech and Debate at CSU Chico. I have been a Communications Studies instructor and an Intercollegiate Speech and Debate coach for over two decades. I love being able to give individuals a confident and effective voice they can use in their lives. In addition, I have always enjoyed research and writing and helping to develop ideas by guiding students to the sources that will grow those ideas into something special. Information Literacy is a key part of our technological society and I believe it makes for lifelong learners.
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